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from: Notes on the "<b>Street Life</b>" Series.

Even though all coins have two sides I will I hope keep the focus of this series as positive, for now. We will have to see the other side at some point to maintain balance in what is really a journalistic documentation of the local Arts and Party scene. I must as a story teller make you care about the character's first. You must feel what they feel to be able to and want to be sympathetic to them and their situation. To want to know what will happen next. The viewer will not focus on that which they do not care about. Developing this bond is the only way people will really begin to see what lies between the shinny surface and the shadows.

My photos are an attempt to present this style of photography in a new way that more reflects our time.
Old school documentary style can in no way portray the world of today.

It in no way can garner or keep the attention of the modern viewer. It is as well the first step in developing a new form of artistic content which allows for the way people have been trained to view and to react to the messages in advertising, entertainment and the news media's content...

The "street life" series will be expanded I'm doing some shooting for it tomorrow night and again on Friday night. All in downtown. So if your living your beautiful life in the pubs, clubs and dance halls the studios and galleries, I will perhaps cross your path, perhaps recording a moment of yours as I do.

XOXO from Lloyd AKA Wasabi

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Comment by Barelas Babe on July 16, 2008 at 7:04pm: Your Street Life sounds interesting. As a scholar who works in applied ethics, I'm curious how you will navigate the ethical dilemmas of a project like this - will you ask for releases/permission before or after you shoot? Or will you be sure that identifying features are masked, as you do in the photo above?

Just wondering...

Comment by Paloma on July 17, 2008 at 2:40pm: Look forward to your photo shoots. As one of the dancing queens at the local wrinkle palace, I'm sure our paths will cross one of these nights.

Comment by Lloyd Thrap on July 17, 2008 at 6:24pm: Thanks too you both for the comments.

BB. I have a question. What ethical dilemmas?

Photographic and video images can reveal great truths, expose wrongdoing and neglect, inspire hope and understanding and connect people around the globe through the language of visual understanding. Photographs can also cause great harm if they are callously intrusive or are manipulated.

I also have many notes from friends new and old, that I responded to as I have not been at the computer I will I hope touch bases with you all tonight.

Comment by Barelas Babe on July 17, 2008 at 6:43pm: I guess I was thinking of the tricky part of getting permission to use people's images if they are identifiable (as with the image above). I would think that once you start asking for permission that it would change the dynamics of the room/environment...

But I could be wrong.

Comment by Lloyd Thrap on July 17, 2008 at 7:01pm: I don't ask permission. Not required in public places. Many Many people know who I am. For the most part people like to have me photograph them. They know they can trust me to not publish unflattering photos of them. People are beautiful. I want them to look beautiful to be beautiful always.

Comment by Lloyd Thrap on July 19, 2008 at 4:34pm: New in the "Street Life" Photo set. You can see the full set to date at www.myspace.com/plamda Select pics and Street Life Album.